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** The duel between Afro and Kuma {{spoiler|aka Jinnosuke}} ends with one of these. {{spoiler|Just before the clash, Afro switches to a thrust, allowing him to fully utilize the greater length of his sword as well as strike faster than even the cybernetically-enhanced Kuma.}}

* In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]], Mizoguchi's Samurai Deck has a trap, ''Pause of the Certain Kill'', that turns battle between monsters into this. [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|It even has Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro in the illustration]].

* The second duel between Guts and Griffith of ''[[Berserk]]'' is carried out this way. Guts wins by breaking Griffith's sword with one strike.

* The climax of the final showdown between Spike and Vicious in ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' is one of these, with an additional [[Shout-Out]] to ''A Better Tomorrow II'' (Spike has Vicious' sword, Vicious has Spike's gun). {{spoiler|After both weapons are returned to their original owners, and the final attacks are made, both men fall, but Vicious goes down first, with Spike living just long enough to deliver his final line to the Red Dragons gathered before him: "Bang."}}

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